I am after a really really scrummy recipe for Cottage Pie and wondered if any of you cooks out there might like to share one with me, in nice simple step by step directions!!  ;-)

I've google searched for recipe's but they all seem to be a bit confusing for me!!

Thank you!! 

Lean minced beef
Onion
Carrots
Tin of sweetcorn
Frozen peas
Small tin of baked beans
Bisto rich gravy granuals
Mashed Potatoes
Grated Cheese
Lea & Perrins

Brown mince and onion in a pan.  Add carrots, gravy granuals and water.  Simmer until meat and carrots are cooked. Transfer to an oven proff dish with a slatted spoon.  Add frozen peas, sweetcorn, baked beans and a dash or two of lea & perrins. Mix together, topp with mashed potato and sprinkle grated cheese on the top.

Put in oven around 180 degrees for about 30 mins.

Any of the vegtable ingredients can be removed or replaced if you prefer.

Serve and enjoy.

oh noooo!! I thought lea & perrins and Baked beanz were My secret ingredient!! (who blabbed??) would win me no points with Gordon Ramsey tho' I fear, but theeeeeeeee best comfort food.
   Im a Cumberland Pie gal tho' (Sprinkle some stale bread,breadcrumbs mixed with grated cheese on top Charanda...Mmmmmmmm yummy! crispy cheesey topping)
:D :p

Sorry, I do the L&P and baked beans too - veg if we're feeling healthy, beans if we're feeling trashy. :D

M.

Get in car
Drive to Tesco
Walk to the pie aisle
Purchase a Tesco Finest Cottage Pie
Place in Basket
Go home
Put in oven
Open red wine
Play with dogs in time saved by buying ready made
Eat pie, drink wine
Go to bed

:D

Move over, Ms Cradock! :D :D

:-D Chloe- That is my kind of recipe!!!

Thanks everyone - ChloeH, that is usually the exact recipe I follow however I'm feeling like branching out and being adventurous!!

One question - how much water do I need?  Just enough to cover the mince and onion I'm presuming but don't want to get it wrong?? 

Also, I've got a brand new food mixer in the cupboard which I have never used yet (only had it a year) and wondered - can you do mashed potato in one??  I've been too scared to try incase I break the thing!!  ;-)

Oh dear - I do sound like Can't Cook - Won't Cook!!  :D

Yes the food mixer will be fine to make mashed spuds but I prefer using a hand masher as the mash is more homemade like than whizzed :) (Another way of describing it is lumpier I suppose :D :D )

I also put a good slug of red wine into it as well ;)

Thanks LJS - I love mashed potato but not too keen on lumps, like it nice and smooth so I'll give the food mixer a whizz and see how I go (it would be nice to find a use for it) ;-)

Mmmm slug of red wine (straight into my glass)!!  :D

I do mine with minced beef (with fat drained off after cooking) -  onions and garlic - tin of chopped tomatoes - tin of baked beans - beef stock cube and a splash of red wine.  I find with the tomato juice and bean juice I don't need to add anymore water.  One thing... let the filling cool right down before putting the mash on the top or it'll sink and/or the juice from the meat will come up through it while cooking.

Man I'm hungry now LOL

Oooh thanks Surannon for the good tip - I could merge your idea with the tomatoes and baked beans with the other recipe and just not have to worry about the water measure!!  :D

I'm going to make this on Friday as we always used to have Cottage Pie at home as a kid on a Friday and it feels like a good day for it!!

MMmmmm I'm hungry now too!!!  ;-)

Yes, just enough to cover.

Don't ask me about the mash though, I buy Waitrose extra creamy mash out the chiller :D 

Get in car
Drive to Tesco
Walk to the pie aisle
Purchase a Tesco Finest Cottage Pie
Place in Basket
Go to checkout and PAY ;) ;)
Go home
Put in oven
Open red wine
Play with dogs in time saved by buying ready made
Eat pie, drink wine
Go to bed

Sorry couldnt resist ;) ;)
Lea :D

Youv'e got your way, Carla's got her's :D

:) Isn't that covered by the "purchase" bit?? :)

isnt that what 'purchase' means? lol :p
sooo maybe it should be select Tesco finest cottage pie ;)

you type faster than me carla..shucks! lol

Ooooooooppppppsssss
ok ok ok
Trust me to skim read!!
Was looking at the order not words!!! 
grovel grovel grovel
Lea :( (trying to lighten up a really boring day!!!)

Ah! I missed that too thought she just nicked 'em.

ChloeH?....Klepto H!
heee,heee,heee. :p

You might find KleptoH has a stash of Tesco's baskets as well unless she has one she takes with her everytime she goes pie shopping :D :D

If you must know - I have one of those lovely whicker cooking basket things I take with me to Tesco to being my shopping home in :D I use it when my shopping trolley pull along old lady bag is out of order :D

:p :p I am just getting a mental picture...........

Now do you use the plastic head scarves to stop your blue rinse running in the rain as well???? :D :D :D
Lea :D :D

Just involantarily sprayed the computer screen with my mouthful of tea, at that comment!! Better go refresh my tenna Lady laughing too much!

How did you know that??! :D :D

I just made a cottage pie a few nights ago.

This is what i do.
Boil the potatoes,
chop 2 medium carrots, boil in water 15 mins
Sunflower oil just a drop, fry one large onion (chopped)for about 5 mins until starting to soften, then add the mince and stock, (for the stock 2 oxo cubes and 1/4 pint of water)add salt and pepper to taste. Drain carrots and add to mixture,
Put meat mixture into oven proof dish.
Mash potatoes (I use a potatoe ricer, no lump at all) drop milk, and butter salt and black pepper
Put on top of mixture put on oven 190C 25 to 30 mins until golden and chrisp, add cheese (if you like) for last five minutes.  Really warming comfort food, hope you enjoy yours.

Sheli 

Just or a change on cottage or shepherds pie sweet potato

I did a sweet potato/potato mixed mash for the top once and it was soooooo good :D

Make a normal pie but add small (I chop mine) pieces of apple into the meat mix. And cheese to the potato on the top gorgeous and the secret ingrediant a little bit of worcster sauce in the meat added to taste. Yummy.